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Before she took to Broadway stages and became a beloved Golden Girl, Bernice Frankel, better known today as Bea Arthur, joined thousands of other women paving the way for women in the armed forces. Details of her time as a US Marine can be found in her Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) available from the National Archives.
Oct 13, 2021 · Bea Arthur was best known for her acting roles, but she enlisted in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during World War II — just five days after the service began recruiting women.
May 27, 2024 · Bea Arthur, Marine: Inside Her Military Service. After going through basic training at the U.S. Naval Training School at Hunter College in New York, Bea Arthur was assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps headquarters in Washington D.C.
Nov 10, 2021 · Fellow Marines surely were thankful Bernice Frankel, better known as Bea Arthur, was a friend, traveling down the road and back again as a truck driver in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve...
May 24, 2021 · Bea Arthur is a television icon, known for playing the characters of Maude Findlay in All in the Family and Maude, and Dorothy Zbornak in The Golden Girls. However, there’s one aspect of her life you may not be aware of: her service in the US Marine Corps.
In June 1943, the Marine Corps accepted her transfer request to the Motor Transport School at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Frankel then worked as a truck driver and dispatcher in Cherry Point, North Carolina, between 1944 and 1945. She was honorably discharged at the rank of staff sergeant in September 1945.
May 20, 2021 · Arthur did indeed serve as a U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reservist for two and a half years, during World War II. As the meme correctly stated, she received an honorable discharge at the...
